The fully automated rocket will take off vertically and the capsule will detach itself in flight, before falling on earth braked by parachutes and a retropropulser. It will be the first flight in the 100 % female space. And from the 11th Suborbital inhabited flight led by the company, which has been offering these spatial tourism experiences for several years – whose price is not public – thanks to its New Shepard rocket.
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During this experience of ten minutes in total, the six passengers will exceed the Karman line, which marks the space border 100 kilometers according to an international convention. They will be able to detach themselves from their headquarters and briefly float in weightlessness.
In a recent interview with Elle magazine, Katy Perry explained to take part in this adventure “for (s) a daughter Daisy”, which she had with the famous British actor Orlando Bloom, “in order to encourage him to never set limits for his dreams”. “I am so impatient to see the inspiration and the light in her eyes when she will see the rocket leaving and that she will return to school the next day saying:” Mom went into space “,” said the singer of “California Girls”, propelled on the international scene by her hit “I Kissed a Girl” released in 2008.
Strong competition
During this brief trip as a weightlessness, the artist will also be surrounded by Kerianne Flynn, film producer, Amanda Nguyen, founder of an NGO engaged in the fight against sexual violence, Aisha Bowe, a former scientist from NASA, and the Gayle King TV host. The Blue Origin company has already taken 52 people, including other celebrities like William Shatner, who embodied the legendary Captain Kirk in the Star Trek series.
